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Now, on the Vulcan Science Colony Nisus, that credo of tolerance is being put to the sternest test. For here, on a planet where Vulcan, Human, Klingon and countless other races live and work side by side, a deadly plague has sprung up. A plague whose origins are somehow rooted in the concept of I.D.I.C. itself. A plague that threatens to tear down that centuries-old maxim and replace it with an even older concept...

"How late will we be?"
"Six days."
"Not six-point-one-three-seven?"
"Six-point-two-five-two. Mother, is it not illogical to be annoyed when Father or I give you a precise figure yet ask for such precision when we do not?"
"No, just Human."

- Amanda and Spock

"Last time ve couldn't get to Wulcan. This time ve can't get avay from it!"

- Chekov

"Nature is more dangerous than an acknowledged enemy, for it so often appears one's friend that one never expects the moment it turns and casually kills."

- Kevin Katasai

"Klingon scientists. Intriguing. I should like to meet them."

- Sarek

"Chaucer died before he finished the work. I always thought that if he'd finished it, there would have been bandits. And probably a sixth husband for the Wife of Bath."